Weiyuan Xian (Sichuan Sheng, China)

Weiyuan County (simplified Chinese: 威远县; traditional Chinese: 威遠縣; pinyin: Wēiyuǎn Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Neijiang City. The county borders Neijiang, Zigong, Rongxian, Zizhong and Renshou. It administers 20 townships. Weiyuan County manages 20 towns with an area of 1288.85k square meters and a total population of 547,059 people (as of 2020), including 31 ethnic groups including Han, Tujia, Yi, and Miao. The religions in Weiyuan County mainly include Buddhism, Catholicism, and Christianity. Buddhism has been spreading for the longest time, has the most followers, and has the greatest influence in the county. Weiyuan County has abundant mineral resources with a complete range of varieties, including natural gas, oil, iron ore, limestone, bauxite shale ore, potassium containing water mica clay ore (commonly known as mung bean mud), quartz sand, kaolin, dolomite, calcite, gypsum, rock salt, and co occurring minerals such as potassium, boron, bromine, iodine, as well as rare elements such as radium, lithium, rubidium, and gallium.